Re: Another Thing From Straight Dope

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>I noticed two contained the syllable "taq", I wonder if that's a root,
>or mere co-incidence?  But, other than that, they appear to be
>unrelated, at least at a glance.  If they use any kind of ablaut, then
>there's several others that may be related, like _hiko_ and the _hiku-_
>of _hikuliaq_.  Eight of the seventeen end in -aq, I wonder if that has
>a meaning, or just more co-incidence?
>
>But, of course, some of these words refer to _ice_, rather than _snow_.
>And is certainly a lot less than "hundreds", as has been claimed by
>some.
>
>And he goes on to say that they have "20 words for trout", without any
>examples.  Hmm, is there gonna be a "Great Eskimo Trout Hoax", now, with
>people claiming hundreds of words?  ;-)
You know, you can write to Cecil if you have info that may clarify or
dispute what he wrote in his columns. There's even an email, and a snail
mail address listed on the main site page you can write ;)

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